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Extra Extra: Did an '80s mystery author bury treasure near the Statue of Liberty?
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Published May 17, 2024
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the roads in Williamsburg could be safer.
Here's what else is happening:
- Fans of the cult-favorite 1982 mystery book "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt," believe the author, Byron Preiss, hid a treasure somewhere near the Statue of Liberty — and one Colorado man is coming to try to dig it up.
- Long Island, which is home to a growing cricket-loving South Asian population, will host the Cricket World Cup next month.
- "Once Upon a Mattress" is coming to Broadway in August with Sutton Foster in the starring role.
- The New York Botanical Garden's Alice in Wonderland-themed exhibition opens tomorrow.
- Real Housewife of New York City Dorinda Medley said the ritzy Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home on the Upper East Side is a prime spot to meet eligible singles.
- Food courts are back.
- These little vests are also back.
- Movies and albums are too long — but movie scenes and individual tracks are so short!
- Meanwhile, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene dissed Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett for allegedly wearing "fake eyelashes" and Crockett responded with an insult about Greene's "butch body," so we're even?
- And finally, gutsy:
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